Mikaela Shiffrin wins her 75th World Cup in Levi slalom

NOVEMBER 25, 2022 13:00

The great American skier Mikaela Shiffrin continued her dominance in Levi, Finland, and won the second slalom. After celebrating yesterday, she did the same today and celebrated with a total time of 1:52.21. Swiss Wendy Holdener finished in second place, 28 hundredths behind, and Slovakian Petra Vlhova came in third, 68 hundredths behind.

Shiffrin and Vlhova will bid for a record-breaking sixth Levi slalom win on Sunday.

Aaaaand we present you the first podium of the season!!! @MikaelaShiffrin gets her fifth reindeer and wins her 48th slalom race
Anna Swenn Larsson is back on the podium, taking her eighth podiums
And the other queen of Levi @PetraVlhova finished third!

Congrats ðŸ‘ðŸ»ðŸ‘ðŸ»ðŸ‘ðŸ»#fisalpine pic.twitter.com/HgP32m1ryy — FIS Alpine (@fisalpine) November 19, 2022

The 27-year-old American told FIS afterward,

"It felt good.

My skiing, on the second run especially, felt very good. I made the adjustment that I wanted to make which... it's just a really nice feeling. I'm excited to ski it again tomorrow. Finally, we're racing and actually quite a spectacular race to start with in very nice conditions." "Today was a really good day.

It was not easy, I was a bit nervous but, in the end, I could ski the way I wanted to." - Mikaela Shiffrin. It was Holdener’s second run, however, that seemed untouchable. It was, by everyone except Shiffrin. “I just tried to push really hard.

I was actually really surprised,” said Shiffrin. “She’s so strong,” said Shiffrin of Holdener. “I love to race with her. She’s pushed my limit”. The German Lena Duerr and the Swede Sara Hector finished among the top five, while the Croatian Leona Popovic had a great day, finishing the race in sixth place, while Zrinka Ljutic finished in the seventh position.